Beachwood Mangrove Nature Reserve

Beachwood Mangrove Nature Reserve is a protected area in KwaZulu-Natal, about 6 km north of Durban. Proclaimed or established in 1977.

KwaZulu-Natal

—km² recorded size

1977year established

—elevation of the point

6 kmnorth of Durban

Facts

Type: Protected area
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Local municipality: eThekwini
Established: 1977
Coordinates: -29.8082, 31.0076
Nearest large town: Durban, 6 km north
Wikipedia articles: 2 languages

Sources: Wikidata Q24234210 · Natural Earth (province outline)

Highlighted: KwaZulu-Natal. Yellow pin: Beachwood Mangrove Nature Reserve.

Nearby

Burman BushProtected area1 km south-east
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km north-east
Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area7 km west
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area9 km south-west
Paradise ValleyNature reserve11 km west
Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveProtected area · 3 km²13 km south-west

Address and visiting

Listed address

Riverside Rd, Prospect Hall, Durban, 4051

From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.

GBIF records within 3 km

Wildlife recorded around Beachwood Mangrove Nature Reserve

41 mammal and 44 817 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.

Mammals

Birds

Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.

More other protected areas in KwaZulu-Natal

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